County notes from March visit and local life
March 19 update from County Correspondence lists visitors like N W Bush of Neb visiting relatives here and H D Davis visiting Libertyville with Dr B K Davis. It notes Mrs W Kerrick hosting dinner and Jessie Wray finishing a school term at No 2. Families report births, moves, illnesses, and property purchases in Fairfield and surrounding farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Bush
Neb
H.D. Davis
Libertyville
K. Davis
W. Kerrick
Jessie Wray
James Hedge
Hedge
Hyde
Prank Liies
Loyd McCarty
Campbell
Ottumwa
Elisha Sallady
Elisha Salladay
Fairfield
Ola Nobby
Bert Greeson
Graber
E. B. Shaw
Local Notes from Washington and Fairfield כפי
Lafe Coop of Washington visited relatives here on Monday. Miss Ida Miller returned from near Washington after a several day visit. Louis Easton has the contract for moving the Odd Fellows building. A child of Ed Hendricks is ill with scarlet fever. quarantine was in effect Tuesday. J W Courtney was a business visitor in Fairfield Monday. Miss Lina Burrough will teach the spring term at No 10. Noah Miller reports the birth of an eight pound boy to Charles Bentz and wife. At the March 11 township meeting a committee was appointed to study the graded school system and report at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafe Coop
Washington
Ida Miller
Louis Easton
The
Odd Fellows
Ed Hendricks
J. W. Courtney
Fairfield
Lina Burrough
Noah Miller
Chas. Bentz
Farm sale near Four Corners and local health notes
Albert Kauffman bought the B. B. Lubke farm in Four Corners, seven acres, for 1500 dollars. Other items report illness in Wm. Boos's daughter with lung fever, C. F. Hildebrand's horse sick, Edgar Vorhies’s business trip to Mt. Pleasant, and Henry Graf continuing work as a stone mason south of Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Boos
Albert Kauffman
Local notes and elections across Glendale and Union districts
Mrs Truman Gilchrist is very ill. Elmer Sharp visits Omaha for the summer. Damm Jr elected Glendale district director and Frank Erickson Union district. Peter Nelson moved to Perry Hickenbottom's farm. Joseph Hickenbottom plans a new house this spring. Damm and son paid 540 dollars for hogs. Spring weather improves roads. John Foreman of Rome visited Wm R Smith. The Tribune seeks correspondents in every township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Gilchrist
Elmer Sharp
Omaha
Mr. Damm, Jr
Glendale
Frank Erickson
Union
Peter Nelson
Perry Hickenbottom
Joseph Hickenbottom
M. Damm and Son
John Foreman
Rome
Wm. R Smith
Court Docket Set For March Through April Sessions
Judge Sloan oversees a term mainly chancery and probate with several cases scheduled for March 20 to April 9. Docket includes Bates, Bryan, Saltz, Longerbone, Benn, Snyder, McGaw, Droz, Nelson, Finney, Smalley, Randall suits and rail line matters plus a grand jury list of A M Hillman L G Meyers T W Carter J W Pry Jno Litton C 8 Walker Chas Jones and James Hibbs as bailiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Mill of Justice
Tribune
Wm. Bates
Parmelia Bates
I. N. Bryan
Ada West
Daisy Saltz
Johnathan Longerbone
Milly M. Riley
Chancery
Rt. W. Benn
John G. Oliver
Charles A. Nelson
W. H. Woo
Ery & Co
E. C. Finney
J. H. Smalley
M. Randall
Grand Jury
A.M. Hillman
Four Corners
L. G. Meyers
Abingdon
T. W. Carter
Libertyville
J.W. Pry
Fairfield
Jno. Litton
Glasgow
C. 8
Walker
Chas. Jones
Yeo
James Hibbs
Day Wim. Fairfield resident dies after long illness
Wim Day a longtime Fairfield resident died at his home last Saturday after a lengthy illness. Born in New Jersey about 74 years ago he lived in Ohio before moving to Iowa in 1876 where he lived since. He was once tied to the Eldon lumber business. He leaves a wife and three children J W Burnett Mt Sterling Lil Mrs Comengore Fairfield and Mrs Walteymer Kansas City with relatives and many friends. Funeral was held at the M E church Monday at 10 o clock a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wim. Day
Fairfield
Ilness
Mr. Day
New Jersey
Qhio
Iowa
Eldon
J. W. Burnett
Mt. Sterling
Lil
Come
Eye Specialist Prof Marks to Visit Mt Pleasant
Prof Marks, a Heidelberg trained eye specialist, visits Mt Pleasant from the eleventh to the fourteenth of each month. He has practiced there since 1882 and offers consultations for children's eyes and spectacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Marks
Heidelburg
Baden
Mt. Pleasant
B. N. Gantz
Piano Tuning Clinic at Junkin & Baker March 19 24
E J Eisenbart will tune pianos at Junkin and Baker's music rooms from March 19 to 24. Place orders early. Our prescriptions are checked twice for safety and accuracy. Israel & Thoma, 8S. S. Druggists. tf39
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Eisenbart
Junkin & Baker's
Israel & Thoma
Company M Honored by Iowa Inspectors
Col A J Olmstead and Major Jnc T Hume, state military inspectors, passed inspection on Company M last Saturday night. They praised the unit for equipment and care of guns and ranked it first in the state. Praise extended to management and drill and to the officers and soldiers for their untiring perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Olmstead
Jnc. T. Hume
Iowa
Co. M
Real Estate Transfers 1901 March Highlights Local Deeds
A compilation of March 6 to March 15 real estate transfers listing grantees grantors and property details. Transactions involve parcels across Fairfield Packwood and surrounding areas with values from hundreds to thousands, including hundreds of acres and multiple 40 acre and 80 acre tracts.
Arica Salve Promises Cure for Sores and Eczema
A Morganton, Tenn., parent touts Bucklen's Arica Salve as a complete cure for scald head and various skin disorders. The ad endorses it as a guaranteed remedy for eczema, tetter, scalp rheum, pimples, ulcers, and piles. Available for 25 cents at Geo. D. Clarke and W. J. Bryan's new paper The Commoner with THE TrisungE offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Isbill
Morganton, Tenn
Bucklen
Geo. D. Clarke
City electric plant proposed to improve lighting and costs
The article argues for the city to establish an electric light plant to improve street lighting and reduce costs. It notes current gas and electric services are poor and biased by a foreign company, urging a municipal solution with sufficient capacity and fair pricing. Also includes a historical anecdote about Blaine and Henderson in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
The
Gas & Electric Co
Mrs Dan's Young Dead at East Hempstead Home
Mrs Daniel Young died Tuesday around 2 a.m. at her East Hempstead home after paralysis began Sunday. She had lived here for years with many friends mourning her loss and sympathies extend to her bereaved family. Funeral services will be held today at 3 p.m. at the home conducted by Rev Kemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hempstead
Daniel Young
Young
Kemble
Grain-O praised as healthier alternative to coffee
A David City letter from April 1 1900 extols Grain-O from Genessee Pure Food Co Le Roy New York. The writer credits the product with improving a sick coffee drinker in the family and notes a son would not be without it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David City
Neb
Genessee Pure Food Co
le Roy
N.Y
Sochor
The Tribune Office Offers Superior Job Printing
The Tribune Office boasts best equipped facilities in the state section for all kinds of job printing. Capable of long runs and catalogue work, the shop invites customers to let them quote on their printing needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
The Turkey Merchant and His Wandering Flock
A Scribner's Magazine vignette describes a turkey merchant delivering 200 to 300 birds by cart for sale over a week or two. He uses a long pole to regulate restless birds as they gobble loudly and shout the birds’ names in a comic chorus. Birds pass one another without mix ups, each driven to a new master as the man tours town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tie
Scribner's Megazine
Lancey
England
Maychester
Waste basket gift sparks offense in poetry scene
A Philadelphia Record remark notes Clarence unintentionally offended a young aspiring poetess by sending a gayly decorated waste basket as a birthday present. The piece also advertises No-Doze nicotine cessation aids with a sample booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Philadelphia Record
English Bankruptcy Rules Vary What Are Life's Necessaries
A survey of English bankruptcy decisions shows wide differences in what counts as necessaries for people of different statuses. Dukes and peers receive lavish allowances, including champagne, housing, servants, and carriages, while commoners face stricter limits. The article outlines specific allocations for dukes, viscounts, barons, doctors, merchants' sons, lawyers, students, and clergy, noting exemptions sometimes possible but far from uniform.
Why She Wept Among the Mainotes
A satirical tale from Mainotes recalls a humorous scene where an English traveler loses silver items to a mountaineer’s household. An old woman weeps not from sorrow but pride that her son is absent to rob the traveler’s silver, underscoring a local trope of thieving as honorable.
No Gentleman Prince or Celluloid Collar in Pageant Banter
A Philadelphia North American snippet captures a girl in a red shirt waist and plaid skirt calling a man a prince. Her friend retorts with witty dismissal noting the celluloid collar and $3 trousers as signs of pretension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Time and Life as Fleeting Cosmic Flickers
A philosophical reflection on time as a single sun ray across eternity and life as a passing flicker that vanishes as it appears, suggesting existence is brief and illusory in the vast void.
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Heary Gwynne
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Joseph Orndorf
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Edgar Holmes
Alma Tinsley
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George W. Ball
J. J. Ball
Martin Flinspach
F. J. de Marsh
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Lukas Zaharyas
W. J. Bryan
Commoner
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Standard Oil CO
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Ticuadane
Henderson
Congress
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General Henderson
Maine
Senator Blaine
Mr. Blaine
Sal
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Washington Post
Mrs Dan
Cily Los
Sylvanus O. Sheldon
Court House
City of Airfield
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Rock Island
Ep. R. Norvell
Vyree
Sale
James Sullivan Estate
Henn, Williams & Co
A.C. D. Bradshaw
J.C. Monforyt
J. F. Carbaugh
Turkey
Athens
Stor Ug Remedy Co
Chicago
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A. M. Strehl
Hammondsport, N.Y
Doctor
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Lowell, Mass
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